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Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
Viserys’s named heir and leader of the Blacks, ruling from Dragonstone after Aegon’s coronation.
ClearStory · HBO · SEASON 2 · EPISODE 2
HOUSEOF THE DRAGON · SEASON 2
Rhaenyra the Cruel
The setup
Both courts react to Jaehaerys’s murder. Otto intends to turn the crime against Rhaenyra, while anger and guilt destabilise Aegon, Alicent, Criston and Daemon.
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Prince Daemon Targaryen
Rhaenyra’s husband, uncle and most experienced warrior; rider of Caraxes.
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King Aegon II Targaryen
Alicent’s eldest son, crowned by the Greens in King’s Landing; rider of Sunfyre.
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Alicent Hightower
Aegon’s mother and former queen, increasingly uncertain of her influence over the war.
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Queen Helaena Targaryen
Aegon’s sister-wife and mother of his children; gentle, withdrawn and prone to strange observations.
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Ser Otto Hightower
Alicent’s father and an experienced royal adviser, focused on alliances and public opinion.
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Ser Criston Cole
Lord Commander of Aegon’s Kingsguard, Alicent’s lover and an aggressive Green commander.
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Prince Aemond Targaryen
Aegon’s younger brother, a dangerous fighter bonded with the enormous Vhagar.
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Mysaria
An intelligence broker with contacts in King’s Landing and a long connection to Daemon.
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Key story points
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Content note: Violence, strong language, death, grief and distress, a child’s funeral, hanging and suicide.
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